Smoking device



F. E. QUEST SMOKING ADVICE March l0, 1931.

Filed Jan. l0, 1927 INVENTOR Patented Mar. 10, 1931 'i UNITED STATES APATENT`v oFFlcE i rRANcIs n. QUEST, or IcNoxvILLE, PENNSYLVANIA,AssIGNoaoF ONE-HALF To oTIs rr.' QUEST, or KNOXVILLE, rENNsYLvANIa lSMOKING DEVICEv Application filed January 10, 1927. lSerial No. 160,045.

This invention relates to smoking devices and more particularly to animproved arrangement for use with pipes, cigarette holders and the likefor the purpose of cooling the smoke and extracting the nicotine andheavy oils therefrom.

Various arrangements for accomplishing this purpose have hitherto beenemployed, but these have generally been so constructed as to bedifficult, if not impossible, to properly clean, with the result thatthey not only eventually become useless through lack of cleaning butconstitute in themselves sources of trouble.

An object of this invention is to provide a device of the type set forthof such construction and arrangement as Ato effectively remove thenicotine and the like from the smoke and which can at the same time bereadily cleaned.

A further object is to construct a pipe of such construction andarrangement that any clogging of the smoke passage leading 4from thebowl thereof can be easily and quickly overcome.

A still further object is to providea device of the type set forth whichwill be of simple construction, cheap to manufacture and positive andreliable in operation.

These and other objects which will bel ap-` parent to those skilled inthis particular'art are accomplish-ed by means of the inventionillustrated in the accompanying drawing, in which Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional view through a pipe constructed in accordancewith one embodiment of this invention. Fig. 2 is a similar view of acigarette holder, showing an additional detail Vfor use with this classof article and Fig. 3' is a section on the line 3 3 of Fig. 1.

The particular embodiment of the present invention which has been chosenfor the purposes of illustration is shown in connection with a pipe stem5 having the usual mouthpiece or bit 6 associated therewith and providedwith a bowl 7. A nicotine collector 8 is provided and, as illustrated,the collector is secured to the mouthpiece 6 in the usual manner. Thecollector extends throughout the length of the pipe stem and is providedwith alternately arranged, crosswise'extende. ing flattened portions 9andlO formed so as to provide outwardly projecting lugs 9 and 1,0hav-ing hollowed or concave sides 9"y and 10, respectively. Such a-.formof collector provides a circuitous vpassageway 11 or irreg ular orvarying cross section from the bowl to the mouthpiece. It will beapparent that the passageways on each' side of the lugs 9, vforvexample, between the crosswise extending portions 10 is of substantialarea while the opening between each pair of crosswise extending`iattened portions, indicatedat .13, is of relatively smallsize. Theshoulders 114: formed around the openings 13 ofl reduced. area provideobstructions on which the nico tine and the like is collected and fromwhich it cannot -be drawn through the stem to the mouthpiece, so thatthe latter is kept free of the unpleasant liquids which so frequentlypassv through a pipe. The mouthpiece is pro- K vided with the usual bore15 communicating with? a similarbore y16 in the cooperating end [of thecollector 8. A crossbore 17 is provided for connecting the bore of themouthpiece with thepassageway 11. The

vend of thecollector'has a circular projection` K' 18 in the" form of a'cylindrical'. cup or the y like which is normally positioned beyond theVdescribed can be Aeasily and quickly cleaned,`

particularly if a small brush is used' for the purpose." If made fromheat absorbing material such, for example, as aluminum or the like itwill also tendto cool the smoke.

'In Fig. 2 the collector is shown in use with a cigarette tube orholderr 20 and is similar inA all respects to the smoke cleaner orcollector illustratedA in Fig. 1, except that the cylindrical cup at theend of the collector used with a pipev is omitted. 'Preferably a pointedn. ger `21 or the like is Iprovided on the end of the collector- 8 inthecigarette tube and is offrol set laterally from the aXis of theassociated collector. Such an arrangement securely holds the cigarettewithin the tube and can also be used as an ejector by withdrawing thecollector sufficiently to remove the finger 21 from` the cigarette andthen returning it to its original positsion so that the end of thecigarette is forced out of the tube. By offsetting the ejector fingerlaterali from the axis of the cigar or cigarette ho derit can be rotatedrelatively to thecigar or cigarette end so that it will positively ejectthe latter and not merely re-enter the hole previously made by it in thecigar or cigarette.

The present invention also contemplates the provision of mechanism forpreventing or overcoming the stopping of the smoke passage in the pipeleading from the bowl to the stem by particles of tobacco. Asillustrated, thisris accomplished by extending the shaft 22 having thepassageway 19 into the interior of the bowl and providing it with aninclined end 23. The pipe bowl 7, as illustrated, is rotatably supportedupon the suitf, able shaft 22, and it will be apparent that.

rotating the bowl will cause any tobacco pai ticles to be .dragged fromthe end of the passageway 19 by the movement of the surrounding tobaccoacross the inclined face on the end of the shaft.

"What I claim as new and desire to secure by-Letters Patent is:

1. A pipe having in combination a stem, a hollow shaft leading therefromand a bowl movably mounted on said shaft, theend of having a hollowstem, of a nicotine collector located in said stem and having crosswiseextending flattened portions forming oppositely extending lugs, eachportion-being arranged at right angles to the adjacent pertion so thatlthe edges of said lugs form nicotilne collecting shoulders aroundrelatively offset smoke passing openings and a cylindrical end engagingthe inner wall of said stem so as to scrape and clean the same when Ysaid collector is withdrawn therefrom.

4. A pipe of the character described having in combination a stem, ahollowy shaft having an inclined end leading from said stem, a bowlmovably mounted on said shaft and a nicotine collector fitting in saidstem,

said collector having a series of flattened portions arranged oppositelyto each other forming a relatively offset smoke passage and having acylindrical end engaging the inner wall of said stem for scraping andcleaning the stem when the collector is withdrawn therefrom.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto subscribed my name this 7 th dayof January,

FRANCIS E. QUEST.

